Dalai Lama
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On the philosophical level, both Buddhism and modern science share a deep suspicion of any notion of absolutes, whether conceptualize as a transcendent being, as an eternal, unchanging principle such as soul, or as a fundamental substratum of reality. ... In the Buddhist investigation of reality, at least in principle, empirical evidence should triumph over scriptural authority, no matter how deeply venerated a scripture may be. ✨ Dalai Lama XIV, Rajiv Mehrotra (2010). In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy, p.151, ReadHowYouWant.com

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